by Fr. Jim Chern
Back in fourth grade, my family took what might have been my first visit to Washington D.C. It’s kind of interesting what stands out in memory almost 40 years later: - I remember it was…
This semester for our weekly Newman Night’s we have been watching the first ever multi-episode, multi-season television show based on the life of Jesus Christ called “The Chosen.” This week we’re actually finishing up with…
A kind amazing phenomenon that pops up in the news from time to time: You’ll see a headline that says something like “couple dies within minutes of each other after 50 + years of marriage.” …
For much of 2020, it has felt like we’ve been living in a suspended animation. Seemingly everything has been upended by the viral pandemic. Even as things quote/unquote “return to normal” it still doesn’t feel…
What are you a fan - or a super fan - of? Giants or Jets? Probably few want to admit that this year. Yankees? Too soon to mention them either. Mets or Red Sox? Sorry…
With the birth of my Godsons, Goddaughter and nieces over the years, the remembrance of different stories and books that Mom would read to me before bed came to mind. It strikes me as odd…
Last night, our students and I watched episode 5 of “The Chosen.” One of the beautiful things of this show is they take these glimpses we have of what life with Jesus was like from…
Thursday with it being the start of October, someone posted online: “Good News, 2020 is 3/4 over!” Which was quickly followed by messages ranging from “it’s only 3/4 over...it feels like we should be a…
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux or what she’s been often known as “St Therese of the Little flower.” She is one of the most unique women Saints with layers of…
This is the week of “angels” on Friday we’ll be celebrating “the guardian angels” and today we have three “archangels” meaning they are angels who proclaim messages of supreme importance. The beautiful thing about angels…